I've loved this song for years, but just recently took a look at the lyrics. I was a bit surprised. I may be reading it wrong, but it seems to me this is a song sung to loved one who has passed away. He sings of lying on concrete, pressing his shoulder to the wall between them. She said she wanted to be the trees, which takes on much more meaning if she's buried at their roots. And there's the bit about dying with her, and the image of her in his mind, which will never move again. Giving up on the wall between them--is the man singing the song giving up on life to join his loved one beneath the ground?
I've loved this song for years, but just recently took a look at the lyrics. I was a bit surprised. I may be reading it wrong, but it seems to me this is a song sung to loved one who has passed away. He sings of lying on concrete, pressing his shoulder to the wall between them. She said she wanted to be the trees, which takes on much more meaning if she's buried at their roots. And there's the bit about dying with her, and the image of her in his mind, which will never move again. Giving up on the wall between them--is the man singing the song giving up on life to join his loved one beneath the ground?